Panther Men’s Tennis Earns 7-2 Win Over Transylvania

Mar 15, 2013

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Birmingham-Southern men's tennis (3-3) won its third straight match taking a 7-2 win over Transylvania University (2-4) on Friday in a neutral site match played in Orange Beach, Ala.

The Panthers swept the doubles to take a 3-0 lead into singles. Sawyer Vogues teamed with Stewart Thrash to beat Robert Albrecht and Josh Buckman 8-2 at No. 1 doubles. Tony DaMaia and Christian Matthews won 8-1 over Dylan Connor and Jett Glass at No. 2 and Patrick Hire and Ben Reardon captured an 8-3 win over Zach Meilkle and Tyler Pewitt at No. 3

In singles, Vogues, Hire, DaMaia, and Mengel won at the No. 1, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 positions to clinch the win for the Panthers.

BSC returns to action on Saturday against Spring Hill College at 9 a.m. in Orange Beach, Ala.